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In an extensive, highly useful, and what must be a now famous post by gbhil on creating naturalistic vivs, he mentions using aquarium heaters in the water of the false bottom to increase heat and humidity. This sounds like a good idea, has anyone done it in practice? A few questions...

Folks, I've been trying to culture fruit flies with Josh's Frogs media, but have been struggling to keep the cultures at the right humidity and not have them mold. I was wondering if anyone has figured out a way to culture flies in a naturalistic viv. I'm thinking maybe a small shallow dish...

The outside temps are finally getting cold enough for frosts outside, and I'm struggling a bit to keep my viv at optimum temps. I'm trying to avoid heating my whole house for the sake of my heating bill, so my house is around 60-62F. I have 1.1 Lygodactylus williamsi in a ZooMed 12x12x18 viv...

Vertical Gardens, Grown on Walls - NYTimes.com I'm envisioning a screened-in one of these with geckos-a-plenty...... or perhaps it's just a new way to do the sides of large vivs (the 2-layer felt method that is, it looks like the one guy stole the corkboard method from the vivarium world!)

Hi all, I'm been sadly gecko-less for several months due to a move (don't worry, they all got good homes) and have been thinking about what my next species might be down the road. I'm fascinated by Ptychozoon but was wondering if anyone has actually had them glide in captivity? I imagine you...

I've got 3 P. m. grandis sisters born Jul 08. Two of them are in a 18x18x24" viv together, and both seem to be shedding really frequently, perhaps every two weeks or so. the other one is in a smaller tank by herself. she seems to eat less and shed much less often, but i also remember their...

I have two female P. m. grandis in a 18 x 18 x 24 viv. They are a little over a year old. They're sisters who I separated for several months after hatching. While apart, they both layed several infertile eggs. I put them back together in this viv a few months back. I've seen some chasing...

Both my male and female L. williamsi seem to act aggressively towards what I can only guess is their own reflections. In the afternoon the light hits their tank so that the glass farthest from the window turns into a very good mirror. I often see both of them racing all over that wall of their...

I got 1.1 williamsi a few months back and the female has been pumping out eggs. She's laid 6 already and looks gravid again. So far they're all hard-shelled, no slugs, although one failed already. Anyways, I was wondering if there is a breeding season for these guys, or will she do this all...

Hi all, I have 3 grandis sisters who have been separated since they were little and I'm hoping to pair up two of them in a new viv I set up. It's a 18x18x24h exoterra (see pics, 2 front, one left side, one right side). I have 3 pieces of bamboo large enough to crawl into, several basking...

I'm thinking about starting some fruit fly cultures since my Lygodactylus seem to like them better than pinheads, which are quite hard to get anyways. I've read some great posts about how to culture fruit flies, but I didn't see much on gut loading, which people seem to stress when feeding...

Can anyone suggest a reliable place to order a springtail culture? Thanks!

My new williamsi are all set in their viv :D I have started getting mold growing on the bamboo, especially the vertical piece in the back right (you can just see the top over the snake plant). I searched around GU and the viv forum and it seems like people don't worry too much about it? I...

Came home late the other night to find one of my grandis propped in an upright sitting position on a short snake plant. Crazy! I realize this looks a little like egg-laying behavior, but she was more or less out in the open, and I didn't find any eggs in the tank any time soon after. Anyways...

I'm working on a viv for some P m grandis, and I love the look of plants like Bird of Paradise, Philodendron bipinnatifidum, Philodendron xanadu, etc. but my tank is only 18" x 18" x 24"h. Is there a way to keep plants like this small? If I trim each leaf off as it gets too big will the plant...

It's time again to play..... male or female? What do y'all think? Thanks!

I keep seeing people refer to false bottoms in vivs, but I can't find a full explanation of exactly what one is, how to make one, and why you would want one. I have some problems keeping humidity up for my Phelsuma and I get the impression one my help, but I'm not too sure. Thanks!

I am hoping to keep a pair of P.m. grandis but I hear a lot of stories about males injuring females during breeding season. Has anyone tried keeping 2 females together with no males? I am thinking about trying in a 24"x24"x24" herp tank? Would that be enough space for 2 without conflict? thanks!

I have some Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis and someone at a specialty herp ship suggested I could mix them with cresteds? I hear some folks saying don't mix species ever. Just curious if anyone out there has actually tried this with day geckos and a nocturnal species such as Uroplatus or...

hi all- i have 3 young grandis, 2 hatched july '08 and one hatched aug '08. i'm hoping to keep 2 for a breeding pair and re-home the third, as i have limited space, but of course i need to figure out what sex they all are first. can any one tell me about how old they are (or what size they...